A brute punched an on-duty MTA employee in the face during a fight inside a Midtown subway station early Tuesday, cops said.
A 49-year-old man slugged the male worker around 3:40 a.m. on the southbound platform of the 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center hub, which serves the B, D, F and M trains, police said.
The victim went to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition with minor injuries, cops said.
The worker was slugged in the face around 3:40 a.m. on the southbound platform of the 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center hub, which serves the B, D, F and M trains, police said. Robert Mecea for New York Post His attacker was swiftly taken into custody, with charges still pending later Tuesday.
Police did not immediately know what sparked the fracas.
The assault came less than two weeks after a Bronx subway conductor was spat on and severely beaten by an outraged passenger whom he had ordered off a train, according to police.
The alleged attacker was taken into custody a short time later, cops said. Robert Mecea for New York Post Wild video of the attack obtained by The Post appears to show the still-at-large assailant tackle and repeatedly punch the 58-year-old MTA operator in the face on the platform of the 177th Street-Parkchester station around 10:15 p.m. April 3.
The conductor was left with deep gashes to his face and head and a swollen right eye, graphic photos from his hospital bed show.
